Replies to post #5704 on The Rising Influence of Rising Affluence

[jq1234]

Off-Script Scramble for Power in a Chinese Leader’s Absence

[This article from NYT tells me what I suspected was most likely true: The normal case, i.e. official newspaper position differed from actual policy, usually reflected the internal difference on policy in the past.]

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/14/world/asia/xi-jinpings-absence-puts-communist-party-off-script.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hp

[DewDiligence]

Apropos to jq1234’s China thesis in #msg-79378961:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443624204578060994057692924.html

It is possible this reflects a master plan: pain in the final days of the old administration creating room for a feel-good splurge when the new guys—expected to be current Vice President Xi Jinping and Vice Premier Li Keqiang—come in.

This sounds somewhat more Machiavellian than a mere difference of opinion between outgoing and incoming leaders, but the end result may be the same.